Six animals pulled from the deep ocean were so biologically distinct that researchers had to create entirely new taxonomic ...

A snailfish filmed alive at 8,336 meters in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench. A ram’s horn squid caught on video for the first time ...

Before recent findings, goblin sharks were only recorded after being hooked on a fishing line and hauled to the surface, ...

The ocean’s hiding some deep secrets. An oceanic expedition off Brazil has discovered 31 otherworldly new critters, including ...

Scientists spotted the enigmatic creatures in 2019 and again in 2024, marking the first time they've been observed alive in ...

A striking underwater video from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, later shared on Reddit, is giving viewers a ...

When photographer Jialing Cai plunged into the ocean in the dead of night, she found creatures of the deep had risen up to ...

Scientists say they’ve found more than 1,100 new marine species over the last year, emphasizing how unexplored the ocean really is.

To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...

The researchers saw many strange animals — many believed to be new to science — living off the whale carcasses.

Entire forms of life may have been misunderstood or overlooked for years.